Donbass: OSCE patrol came under mortar shelling

Date of publication: 21 07 2017, 16:11

The OSCE SMM patrol came under mortar fire in the Donbass. The representative of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire said that the fire was conducted by the Ukrainian armed forces.

A pumping station was subjected from the mortars at the demarcation line in Donbass, where were the observers of the OSCE monitoring special mission.

“The shelling was conducted from the positions of 72 separate mechanized brigade in the Verkhnetoretsky area, and Ukrainian forces attempted to intercept the UAV launched by the OSCE patrol,” the representative of the JCCC said.